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Saturday, November 02, 2013

Halloween 2013 has come and gone and so it's time to wake up from this creative hibernation I've been in and start posting again. For those asking if I'm still creating dolls, yes I am and I'll be having a shop update in December with doll ornaments. More on that as the time comes.

In the meantime..I always post our Halloween costumes and this year Andres wanted to be the character Sam Flynn from his favorite movie Tron Legacy. We found his outfit online but Andres also wanted a light cycle and so Mark went about creating one using foam, shelf liner adhesive, EL wire, glow sticks, reflective tape, a plastic soda bottle and lots of glue sticks. Needless to say Andres was thrilled with the outcome..and already thinking about next year's costume.

And since it is El Dia de los Muertos, I thought I'd also share some Day of the Dead decorations we made for our home (instead of traditional Halloween ones). They're a little nod to our favorite Dia de los Muertos video "Viva Calaca" byRitxi Ostariz.

Friday, November 02, 2012

Time to brush off the dust from this blog and get back to blogging! It was nice to take a break from dollmaking, and while I didn't get much accomplished in the way of experimenting, we did get a lot work done on the house and now we're back into the busy routine of school, karate lessons, etc.. I'm just starting on Christmas ornaments and will have some as part of a shop update next month.

In the meantime, here is Andres' costume this year (click here to see previous years costumes) It was his idea to be our local ski resort Mt. Bachelor here in Bend, Oregon. Mark created this replica of the top half using foam, plaster bandages, t-pins,etc. The mountain was coated in ultra fine glitter and had tiny lights in the building that also lit up the sign in the back. The mountain opens in a few weeks and judging by the reaction this garnered from locals, everyone is excited for the ski season to begin~

Tuesday, November 01, 2011

This year, Andres wanted to be two different themes for Halloween and wound up going with an aviation theme again (his second choice was Barani). Mark, once again made his aircraft using foam and posterboard anlong with aluminum shelf liner adhesive. The control panels and decals were printed onto sticky back paper and I used the tops of plastic bead containers to cover the little dials and added sequin pins to give the illusion of tiny rivets . We added cheap LED lights (the kind that you tap to turn on) to the back of the plane and added green glo sticks to the panel so that it would be visible at night. You can see past aviation costume ideas here along with pics of "kid vicious" and "Bob Ross" :) We had an all around great evening trick or treating~hope you did as well!

A snippet of several of the Day of the Dead decorations we made that cover our front door and windows

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